TouchMIDI

There are a few dependencies:
g++
qt4-make
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev
libxi-dev
xserver-xorg-dev
libasound2-dev

To install open terminal and go to this directory. Then enter:

qmake-qt4
make

then run the binary that appears here magically.
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You should also enable SHMConfig if it is not already. There are instructions at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#Enabling_SHMConfig_in_order_to_get_synclient_debug_output